jezzaboy

Last weekend I was looking at Richtone music site and came across this US P bass for £899. https://richtonemusic.co.uk/fender-precision-bass-black-with-usa-neck-gig-bag-2nd-hand/ It`s a black P bass but without the string thru body so it isn`t a US body. Did a quick search and it came out as a 3 tone sunburst. I sent them a mail saying it was prob a Mexican body on a US neck. So they checked it out and it was what I thought it was a Mexican body. They said it was part of a collection they got and have edited the description and dropped the price £100. Still no mention of the Mex body and the description still says US P bass. Next one up is this US P for £899. https://richtonemusic.co.uk/fender-american-precision-bass-emg-pickups-3-tone-sunburst-bag-2nd-hand/ If you search the Fender data base it comes up to a US neck not a complete bass. It takes seconds to check this stuff out so this one is a bitsa more than likely from the same collection. The bridge looks like the pre 2008 models? I have nothing against Richtone and have bought stuff from them in the past but at least be honest like Bass Bross and Bass Direct usually are and say it`s a bitsa. Someone could buy this thinking it`s a genuine factory US P bass and be rather miffed down the line when some smarty pants tells them it`s not. We are, quite rightly, quick to call out items that are on sale from the likes of E bay that aren`t what they say they are but when a shop does this when they should know better, it`s rather annoying.

Forgot to leave Stu some feedback. Sold him a pedal a few weeks back and it was painless. A credit to Basschat! Enjoy the pedal.

The granite city? Just round the corner from me! I did play Krakatoa in 2018, handy for boat spotters.

It`s weird but when I`m out gigging or watching a band I can`t recall ever seeing a player using a BB bass. I have one but haven`t gigged it yet as the look doesn`t really suit the band but I might take it along to the next one so that some smart ar*e acdc fan can say to me that Cliff Williams never played a Yamaha.

Bought a pedal from Andrew, pedal is like new and very fast delivery. Thanks! Gerry

A trio would suit me fine. 2 less idiots to fall out with, win win!

Andertons are doing the Bugera for £229 which is a bargain.

Just bought a small item from Brian, a total pleasure to deal with and super fast postage. Thanks!

I play in an ACDC covers band. About half the gigs we do the pa is already there but for smaller gigs I have a basic pa set up. 2 x Yamaha DBR 12`s going through a Behringer desk, 2 x Marshall backline, Fender Rumble 500, acoustic drum kit, lead vocals and 2 backing. At the moment I put the kit which has a fancy Yamaha thing that picks up the whole kit and a bit of my bass through the DBR`s along with the vocals, no guitar as the fe*kers are loud enough already! I intend to keep the desk as I`m used to it and I can set it up easily and quickly. I was thinking of going down the smaller tops and a 12 sub such as the Alto Ts12s but for storage, money, transporting and weight reasons I would be less keen on this. I also own a RCF 715 that I used to use as FRFR with various pre amps. I could get another one of these and use one of the DBR`s for bass monitoring as the drummer likes to follow the bass and let the RCF`s do the heavy lifting for the bass out front with some of the kit in them also. This would be the easiest and cheapest option for me. But would using the RCF`s like this bugger up the vocal mix from them? Any advice would be welcomed.

Sod all more than likely. I recently bought a Player 2 with the "rolled edges" and to be honest they aren`t rolled like a Sire for example, I got a good deal on it but if it was full price it would have been going back. It`s getting to the stage where US models are getting out of the reach of most players, Mexican stuff is creeping up to the US price of a few years ago so this range makes sense I suppose.

The last 2 US G&L`s I have owned from new both had issues. One had a faulty tuning peg and on the second one they hadn`t attached the earth wire from the bridge to the pots! There is a lot of complaints on Talkbass about their quality control and the amount of time it seems to take to get anything resolved. I wont be buying anything new from them, not that I can actually find anything for sale anyway.